Things to try
1) Select one Windows OS machine and be sure that NetBIOS is enabled on it. This will be your test Windows OS machine.
2) Shut down everything - all computers, printers, scanners, etc. - everything that might be connecting to the Internet (TV, media services’ devices, for example).
3) Disconnect power to the network modem/router, and all hubs, switches.
4) Wait at least 10 minutes.
5) Connect power to the modem/router that you use for Internet access. Wait 1 minute, at least.
6) Connect power to only the necessary network hubs and/or switches that will connect:
- the test Windows OS machine to, and
- what will be a test Linux OS machine
. . . to the Internet access modem/router. If you can use Ethernet cables only, and connecting both test computers straight to the modem/router - that would be great, and you would not need the intermediary hubs/switches.
In other words, try to have the most basic, Ethernet network.
7) Start up that test Linux OS machine and let it run for a few minutes.
8) Start up the test Windows OS machine and let it run for a few minutes.
Play with that “laboratory setup” and write down your findings.
Work toward being able to use the test Linux OS machine, in order to connect to the test Windows OS machine and share simple files (such as a text document).
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https://opensource.com/article/21/4/share-files-linux-windows
https://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001636.htm
I meant:
- the test Windows OS machine, and
- what will be a test Linux OS machine
BOTH as directly as possible to the Internet modem.